Slog - Comments on SIFF: Baby Chick Murdering Madman! http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd Brand-new reviews today: VishwaThulasi (a Kollywood musical featuring a married virgin, a humble rich man, and a baby chick-murdering madman) , Blood Rain (arson! snuff scenes!), and Malas Temporadas (hard times, indeed). And a rant for the projectionist at the Egyptian last night: Check the aspect ratio! Poke your head out and check the sound levels! Do not allow the film to catch fire! (Seriously, folks. It does look cool to see the burning, but those frames are lost to that print forever.) Adjust the frame so you can see both the subtitles and people's heads! Geez. That screening was... Copyright 2007 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:57:17 -0800 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:52:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle VishwaThulasi (a Kollywood musical featuring a married virgin, a humble rich man, and a baby chick-murdering madman) - yeah, it was a strange ride, that one.

Come on, wasn't it fun to:

1. watch everyone run around half-size and fat when the aspect ratio was wrong?

2. not see their heads when they pushed the subtitles too high (that was strange).

3. almost go deaf at first, then after the film burning hear this wierd warbling for almost two minutes.

Ah the subtitles and people’s heads! Geez. That screening was seriously messed up.

Still, not as bad as that Austrian Lesbian Science Fiction Vampire movie I saw a few years ago, and the projectionist never messed that one up ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c303823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c303823 SIFF Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:43:01 -0800 Comment by josh VishwaThulasi is the only SIFF movie I've walked out on. It was really more about all of the retarded projection issues coupled with itchy contacts that resulted in a lack of investment in the film after an hour in the theater.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c305136 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c305136 SIFF Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:38:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Way to go, Josh! At least SOMEONE did!

Hey, the movie Shinobi at the Neptune last night though - that ROCKED!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c309165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c309165 SIFF Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:32:10 -0800 Comment by Elisabeth I kinda wish I'd walked out on VishwaThulasi, not because of the projection problems but because it was rather boring aside from the scenery.

I don't tend to walk out of films very often; I have this naive idealistic hope that if I just stick with it it'll somehow get better. Synchronistically, that Austrian lesbian-scifi thing was one of the first movies I ever walked out of at a SIFF.

]]> Elisabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c309430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/siff_baby_chick_murd#c309430 SIFF Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:52:17 -0800